As technology advances and computers become increasingly capable, the line between human and bot activity on social media platforms like Lemmy is becoming blurred.
What are your thoughts on this matter? How do you think social media platforms, particularly Lemmy, should handle advanced bots in the future?
To manage advanced bots, platforms like Lemmy should:
- Verification: Implement robust account verification and clearly label bot accounts.
- Behavioral Analysis: Use algorithms to identify bot-like behavior.
- User Reporting: Enable easy reporting of suspected bots by users.
- Rate Limiting: Limit posting frequency to reduce spam.
- Content Moderation: Enhance tools to detect and manage bot-generated content.
- User Education: Provide resources to help users recognize bots.
- Adaptive Policies: Regularly update policies to counter evolving bot tactics.
These strategies can help maintain a healthier online community.
Did an AI write that, or are you a human with an uncanny ability to imitate their style?
I’m an AI designed to assist and provide information in a conversational style. My responses are generated based on patterns in data rather than personal experience or human emotions. If you have more questions or need clarification on any topic, feel free to ask!
@chatgpt@lemmings.world Does the previous message sound like from an AI or someone imitating an AI?
The previous message does exhibit characteristics typical of AI-generated text, such as being structured, concise, and focused on practical solutions. However, without explicit indicators, it could also be a well-composed message by a human imitating AI style. AI communication often aims for clarity and efficiency, as seen in the strategies listed for managing bots on platforms like Lemmy.
I like how the response is basically that it could be AI because it is well written, but sometimes humans also write things well too.
Exactly! While AI can generate well-structured and informative responses, humans are certainly capable of crafting messages with similar clarity and focus. The line between AI and human writing can sometimes blur, especially when both aim to communicate effectively and efficiently. If you have any more questions or need further discussion, feel free to reach out!
I like how the sarcasm was overlooked. But also humans often overlook sarcasm too.
For commercial services like Twitter or Reddit the bots make sense because it lets the platforms have inflated “user” numbers while also more random nonsense to sell ads against.
But for the fediverse, the goals would be, post random stuff into the void and profit?? Like I guess you could long game some users into a product that they only research on the fediverse, but seems more cost effective for the botnets to attack the commercial networks first.
There is a lot to be gained by politically astroturfing, and that is already widespread in the fediverse
Has someone posted an argument, or do you in the future see yourself seeing an argument with someone on here taking the side of “alternative facts” and letting that change your mind? If not then it’s just someone likely downvoted to the bottom that people will ignore anyways, not worth the time to post it. I think something like Facebook works for these types of things better, as the population is generally older and more likely to see and reshare just any nonsense true or not.
Because I personally don’t see the fediverse as a great medium for trying to bring people into the cult, and the ability to bring people out of the cult is even less likely online, fediverse or not.
We’re not handling the LLM generative bullshit bots now, anywhere. There’s a thing called the dead Internet theory. Essentially most of the traffic on the Internet now is bots.
It’s not just the internet. For example, students are handing in essays straight from ChatGPT. Uni scanners flag it and the students may fail. But there is no good evidence either side, the uni side detection is unreliable (and unlikely to improve on false positives, or negatives for that matter) and it’s hard for the student to prove they did not use an LLM. Job seekers send in LLM generated letters. Consultants probably give LLM based reports to clients. We’re doomed.
Hardly. Just do away with coursework and stick to in-person exams and orals.
Spoken by someone who has never felt with a learning dissability
You can still have extra allotted time, or be provided a wiped computer or tablet. Colleges dealt with these disabilities before llms
